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UNINA9910809891603321 |
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Titolo |
Agrarian change and crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 / / edited by Harry Kitsikopoulos |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-46761-0 |
1-136-46762-9 |
0-203-12823-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 1 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Agriculture - Social aspects - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Social change - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Crises - Europe - History - To 1500 |
Europe Economic conditions To 1492 |
Europe Social conditions To 1492 |
Europe Rural conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Agrarian Change and Crisisin Europe, 1200-1500; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. England; 3. France; 4. Italy; 5. Byzantium; 6. Spain; 7. Scandinavia; 8. Central Europe; 9. Russia; 10. Epilogue; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary crisis. During the period 1200-1500, Europe witnessed endemic episodes of famine and a wave of plague epidemics that amounted to one of its worst health crises, rivaled only by the Justinian plague in the sixth century. These challenges called into question the production of goods and services and the distribution of wealth, opening |
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